Евразиатский энтомол. журнал 19(5): 281–290 © EUROASIAN ENTOMOLOGICAL doi: 10.15298/euroasentj.19.5.10 JOURNAL, 2020 Ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of the central part of the Badzhal Range, Khabarovskii Krai, Russia Æóæåëèöû (Coleoptera, Carabidae) öåíòðàëüíîé ÷àñòè Áàäæàëüñêîãî õðåáòà, Õàáàðîâñêèé êðàé Yu.N. Sundukov*, O.V. Kuberskaya** Þ.Í. Ñóíäóêîâ*, Î.Â. Êóáåðñêàÿ** * Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prosp. 100-letiya Vladivostoka 159, Vladivostok 690022 Russia. E-mail: [email protected]. * Федеральный научный центр биоразнообразия наземной биоты Восточной Азии ДВО РАН, пр. 100-летия Владивостока 159, Владивосток 690022 Россия. ** Komsomolsky branch of Federal State-Funded Institution «Zapovednoye Priamurye», Prosp. Mira 54, Komsomolsk-na-Amure 681000 Russia. E-mail: [email protected]. ** Филиал Комсомольский ФГБУ «Заповедное Приамурье», пр-т Мира 54, Комсомольск-на-Амуре 681000 Россия. Key words: Carabidae, fauna, Badzhal Range, Russian Far East. Ключевые слова: Carabidae, фауна, Баджальский хребет, Дальний Восток России. Abstract. A list of 76 Carabidae species from 21 genera is an province of the East Asian floristic region and the presented for the central part of the Badzhal Range, Kha- Okhotsk-Kamchatka province of the Circumboreal flo- barovskii Krai, Russia on the basis of an examination of c. ristic region [Mishina, 2003]. 2000 specimens. The altitudinal-zonal distribution of ground Despite the fact that in the second half of the 20th beetle populations along the Omot-Makit River basin in century and the beginning of the 21st century, the central part of the ridge is analyzed. Representatives of the genera Pterostichus and Carabus are predominate in the collection of ground beetles on the Badzhal Range was zonal biotopes. The fauna of carabid beetles of the Badzhal quite active, there are almost no publications on the Range is characterized as «Arctic-montane» according to the collected material. For example, we know that in the generic composition, with a high number of East Asian bore- foothills of the Badzhal Range and the Amgun River al-montane endemic species. valley small collections of ground beetles were made by A.I. Kurentsov and D.G. Kononov in 1957, O.G. Gamero- Резюме. На основании литературных данных и изуче- va, A.S. Pleshanov, A.V. Tokmakov and V.I. Epova in нии более 2 тысяч экземпляров, впервые составлен список 1983, M.E. Cherniakhovsky in 1984 and A.A. Kuzmin in Carabidae Баджальского хребта, включающий 76 видов из 1995. Interesting materials on Carabidae were collected 21 рода. Проанализировано высотно-поясное население in the highlands of the ridge by the famous geologist жужелиц в бассейне р. Омот-Макит (центральная часть and entomologist O.N. Kabakov (1965) and ornitholo- хребта). Показано, что численно в зональных биотопах gist A.A. Nazarenko (1978 and 1979). The fruitful year этой реки доминируют представители родов Pterostichus и Carabus. Таксономический анализ показывает, что на уров- for studying the fauna of Badzhal Range was 1997, не родовых групп карабидофауна Баджальского хребта when five coleopterologists worked at once on its terri- имеет ярко выраженные черты арктомонтанной фауны, tory: A.E. Brinev, V.A. Komarov and theriologist S.V. обогащенной значительной долей восточноазиатских боре- Kruskop (the Mogdy River basin in the western part of омонтанных эндемиков видового уровня. the ridge) and D.E. Lomakin, A.V. Plutenko and Yu.N. Sundukov (Gerbi River basin in the central part). In our Introduction century, the highlands of this ridge were visited by entomologists E.V. Novomodnyi (2001), D.N. Kochetk- The Badzhal Range is one of the southern and high- ov (2007), A.E. Brinev and P.V. Budilov (2014). Howev- est ridges of the Amur Region [Gvozdecki, Golubchik- er, according to literary data from the Badzhalsky Range ov, 1987], located in the interfluve of the Amur and and the Amgun River valley only 20 species from 10 gen- Amgun rivers, 200–220 km to the north of Khabarovsk era of the family Carabidae were indicated, and 6 of (Fig. 1). Its length from the southwest to the northeast them were described as new taxa [Lafer, 1978, 1989; is about 220 km, and the maximum heights exceed 2000 Shilenkov, 1987; Obydov, 1999, 2005; Brinev, Shilenk- m altitude (Mt. Korol, 2263 m; Mt. Ulun, 2221 m; Mt. ov, 2001; Zamotajlov, Lafer, 2001; Plutenko, 2004; Sun- Koroleva, 2219 m). According to one of the floristic dukov, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2019; Zamotajlov, 2005, 2017; zoning schemes, along the southern foothills of the Dudko, 2006; Brinev, Budilov, 2007; Koshkin et al., Badzhal Radge there is a border between the Manchuri- 2016; Deuve, Reuter, 2019]. 282 Yu.N. Sundukov, O.V. Kuberskaya The vertical zonation in the central part of Badzhal Range is well defined. In the Omot-Makit River basin two high-altitude zones of vegetation - mountain-forest and mountain-tundra are clearly distinguished. The mountain forest zone (900–1600 m alt.) occupies the valleys of the Omot-Makit River and its tributaries, as well as the adjacent slopes. It is represented by three main formations: 1) floodplain spruce forests with the addition of fir and poplar (900–1300 m alt.); 2) swampy valley larch forests rising along streams to 1500–1600 m alt.; 3) mountain larch forests on the slopes, sometimes reaching a heigh of 1700 m altitude. The mountain-tundra zone occupies the upper part of the watersheds and plateau above 1700–1800 m alti- tude and is represented by small sections of the Arctic- Alpine shrubbery or moss-lichen tundra with signifi- cant participation of dwarf stone pine. From the foot of the slopes to the watersheds, large areas are occupied by placer stones, the development of which is associat- ed with the influence of systematic wild fires [Man’ko, 1961]. In the middle course of Omot-Makit River, at an altitude of 1155 m, there is a fairly big Lake Omot, an area of about 0.3 km2 (Figs 4, 7). It is believed that the lake arose as a result of a powerful seismic collapse of the mountain slope. Material and methods The collection of the first author that was made July 2–4, 1997 in the lower and middle reaches of Gerbi River and July 5–21 of the same year — in the basin of its left tributary, Omot-Makit River was the basis for this work (Fig. 2). During this time, 1964 specimens of adults of ground beetles belonging to 71 species from 17 genera Figs 1–2. 1 — Badzhal Range on the map of the Amur Region; 2 — Map of the Omot-Makit River basin. White circles and 13 tribes were collected and studied. The bulk of indicate the location of soil traps. The map was received from this material is stored in the collection of the Federal the site https://yandex.ru/maps/. Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversi- Ðèñ. 1–2. 1 — Áàäæàëüñêèé õðåáåò íà êàðòå Ïðèàìóðüÿ; ty, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of 2 — êàðòà áàññåéíà ð. Îìîò-Ìàêèò. Áåëûå êðóæêè óêàçûâàþò Sciences, Vladivostok (FEB). In addition, the materials ðàñïîëîæåíèå ïî÷âåííûõ ëîâóøåê. Êàðòà ïîëó÷åíà ñ ñàéòà https://yandex.ru/maps/. of E.V. Novomodnyi (collected in 2001 in Omot-Makit River basin), D.N. Kochetkov (in 2007, at the source of Omot River) and a few specimens from the collections Unfortunately, we are not able to study all the mate- of the FEB, Moscow State Pedagogical University and rial collected by the listed collectors. But, given the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Scienc- scarce information on the carabid fauna of the Badzhal es, St. Petersburg (a total 49 specimens of 19 species). Range (as a whole for the mountains of the Northern Taking into account the literature data, the general list Amur region), we consider it to be useful to publish a of ground beetles of Badzhal Range in this work in- list of ground beetles of this region, based on literature cludes 76 species from 21 genera and 15 tribes. data and materials studied by the first author to date. In the study of ground beetles, we used the most affordable methods: manual collection, collection using Research area an exhauster and trapping in soil traps. As soil traps, 200 ml plastic glasses filled with a 2–4 % aqueous The studies were conducted in 1997 in the Gerbi solution of acetic acid were used. River basin, located in the central, highest part of the The taxonomic sequence of subfamilies and tribes in Badzhal Range (Fig. 1, 8). Since the main collection of the list is given according to their position in the cata- ground beetles were made in the Omot-Makit River logue of the ground beetles of Sikhote-Alin [Sundukov, basin, the following is the description of the natural 2013], and genera, subgenera within the genus and conditions of this region only (Figs 2–7). species within the subgenus, in alphabetical order. Ground beetles of the central part of the Badzhal Range, Khabarovskii Krai, Russia 283 The frequently cited collector name of Yu. Sunduk- 3 ex.; Lake Omot, h~1170 m, floodplain dark coniferous ov in the labels for the material is abbreviated as YS. forest, 9–15.VII.1997, YS, 5 ex. List of species Nebria (Boreonebria) nivalis (Paykull, 1790) Material. Middle course of Gerbi River, h~700–800 m, Carabidae Latreille, 1802 bank of the river, 3–4.VII.1997, YS, 2 ex.; Omot-Makit River 2 Cicindelinae Latreille, 1802 km below Lake Omot, h~1100 m, 5.VII.1997, YS, 6 ex.; Omot- Cicindelini Latreille, 1802 Makit River from Lake Omot up to 3 km downstream, Cicindela (Cicindela) restricta h~1050–1170 m, 12.VII.1997, YS, 10 ex.; Lake Omot, h~1180 m, on the bank of a stream, 9–15.VII.1997, YS, 1 ex.; the upper Fischer von Waldheim, 1828 reaches of Omot-Makit River, h~1200–1500 m, bank of the Cicindela (Cicindela) restricta Fischer von Waldheim, 1828: river, 7.VII.1997, YS, 1 ex.; source of Omot River, h~2000– Lafer, 1978: 9–10 (Badzhal River; Amgun River near Duki; 2100 m, dwarf stone pine tundra, 7–19.VII.1997, YS, 19 ex.; Amgun River near Pupok Mt.).